Why so many bikes is a question shot at me by a few people (including my wife!) I've got two Hammerheads as they were dirt cheap and I got myself the 7.0. My wife was riding a crappy mountain bike and I thought that if we had the "same" bike it would be easier for stuff like tyres, brakes, inner tubes, swapping wheels etc. She prefers a "sit up" style bike so didn't want a 7.0.

I have two MuSL's - one is stock and one is kitted out with Marathon Racer plus tyres, full mudguards, luggage rack etc and is there for when speed and weight is not all!

The Hon Solo is for when I'm going to meetings near the office and want to take something that looks "posh".

Next bike will probably be the seperable mini bike (Smooth Hound), if I can source one!

Here is a view of my Dahon with saddlebags at the western part of the Paw Paw Tunnel on the C&O Canal in early October. There really was construction going on in the tunnel, but the sign was mostly hyperbole about any delays.

duende: bro your pic reminds me of a recent photo i have with my Dahon.... tunnel + Dahon hahaha


a not so recent pic of my Dahon...

My Mu P24

OK, I'll jump in too.

My SmoothHound which sports drop bars and Capreo gears, so now it's more like a HammerHead.


2005 SpeedPro, which I recently sold off (sniff, sniff).

Damn I didn't get a pic, but my Speed P8's rear rack neatly holds a 14" pizza box! Hooray for Italian Pizza Kitchen after a cold morning ride here in DC.

Nice! I love the look of the smooth hound. Hey has that Speed pro been repainted?

My new Speed P8 in its basement "garage"

No, it wasn't repainted. I just put on some "tiger stripes" to mask some scratches.

I finally got round to taking a pic of my 2007 Vitesse D5:



Upgraded components:
Shimano 105 cranks with 48T chainring and custom chainguard
Tioga Surefoot comp pedals
Aberhallo stem
Big Apple front tyre
Maxxis Grifter rear tyre
I-Beam seat post with SDG saddle (massively lighter than the stock components)
Avid FR-5 brake levers

Got ya all beat.

Our two 2005 Helios P8s in Italy. The first picture is the bikes along the Via Vittorio Emanuelle II in the beautiful town of Lucca, Italy. The second picture needs no explanation.

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One more.

A local pondering our bikes in Lucca, shot at 10x zoom from the top of the Guinigi Tower. Dahons are about as common in Italy as they are in the US. Which is to say, not very.

new pic of the bike... with a new saddle =)

here's my upgraded Dahon Boardwalk D7 and my Dahon Curve D3.....

Nice work on the Boardwalk. I like the color on the cables.
I like your bike stand - is that homemade?

Which model is the green one? I love the color. Haven't seen one of those before.

Here's mine:

That is a 2007 Speed D7 (earlier model of the blue one)

My yard sale finds ($25 each)

1989 Dahon Stainless Classic III and 1990 Dahon Mariner Classic III

My herd of Dahon Jetstream P8s.

You have to watch out, these things multiply like hamsters.

thanks. yes, my bike stand is homemade and all wood.....cable is jagwire... i did change my pedal on my boardwalk to an MKS FD-6. it's a nice pedal i tell you.

my repost picture of my Dahon Dream

My 1987 Dahon Classic III, my first folder, and my first post in the folding bike forum

I've seen many Dahon Classics on ebay, and I'm rather curious about them. That bar between the handlepost and the frame, for instance. Does it make for a better ride? Worth the extra folding/unfolding step? Most of the ads say that this is a 3 speed IGH, true? How's the gearing for the small wheels? Your's, by the way, looks great for an over 20 year old bike.

I have two of the old Classic IIIs, one with the bar and one without. Functionally without is better, but I like the way the bar looks on my Stainless model. These came in 3 models: Classic I (single speed), Classic III (3 speed sturmey archer IGH), and Classic V (5 speed derailuer). Both of mine are Classic IIIs. Mine stays in 1st most the time. It is not geared low enough for much of an incline though. Keep your eye on craigslist/ebay and you can get a good deal. I actually got mine for $25 each.

Is it true that one can sell the stainless classic dahons for quite a bit of money? (so why are people selling them for $25?)